Hacker Tarot Cards

The FOOL: a manager using a SPARCStation 413,1432 to run a screensaver.

The MAGICIAN: a hacker with a Mac, a Pentium box, a Sparc, and a Cray on the table in front of him - all running the same program with the same GUI. An infinity sign is over his head.

The HIGH PRIESTESS: a woman holding the Documentation, closed and concealed. The crescent moon is showing on an Indigo behind her.

The EMPEROR: Steve Jobs sitting on a NeXT cube, holding an optical disk vertically in his hand.

The EMPRESS: A secretary with a NeXT Machine.

The HEIROPHANT: Bill Gates with two flunkies kneeling before him, their faces averted, offering him floppy disks. He wears a laptop computer on his head.

The LOVERS: a PowerMAC and an IBM Power PC exchanging software as an angel bathed in glory regards them.

The CHARIOT: A man in a chariot, hurtling up an exponential curve, drawn by the twin sphinxes of Technology (black) and Culture (white).

STRENGTH: A woman holding the entire design and implementation of Microsoft Excel in her mind as she corrects the final error. An infinity sign is over her head.

The HERMIT: An old hacker, white-bearded, burns the midnight oil; its Star-of-David flame illuminates his keyboard.

The WHEEL OF FORTUNE: A rotating wheel. Cray is on the side going down, despite its good technology; Smalltalk is opposite it, and C++ is sitting on top. Four winged beings -- a mouse, a turtle, a dog-cow, and a human -- look on.

JUSTICE. A cold-faced woman holds a calculator in one hand and a delete-key in the other.

The HANGED MAN: A programmer is tied by his ankle to a cable duct. His phase is completely shifted: he awakens at sunset, he sleeps at dawn. His monitor is reverse-video. He programs on, flawlessly, oblivious to his circumstances.

DEATH: A skeleton wielding a scythe surveys a field, on which are scattered PDP-11s, Apple ]['s, IBM 360/91's, Xerox Alto's, and many other machines.

TEMPERANCE: An angel stands with one foot on her chair and one on the floor, as she copies files from one disk to another. A cursor blinks from her chest.

The DEVIL: The goat-headed Lord of the Pit stands on a pile of Windows manuals, holding an inverted torch in one hand. Two humans, male and female, are in chains at his feet.

The TOWER: An ivory tower is struck by a bolt of lightning. Two robed figures, denied tenure, are hurtled to the ground.

The STAR: A Mac is running its `warp' screen saver, in a transient fragile moment of peace.

The MOON: A wolf and a jackal are typing at two PC's. A crayfish crawls out of a pool, offering suggestions that may ultimately prove deadly. The moon shines through a window.

Quote of the moment:Let a fool hold his tongue and he will pass for a sage.

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